Nunu & Willump vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Nunu & Willump
based on 2,082 Nunu & Willump vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nunu & Willump vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Soraka
Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.
You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.
It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.
Advice to Win Against Soraka
It's easier to focus Soraka than the ally she is healing.
Focus on attacking Soraka when she ever ventures to the frontline to heal her allies.
Take advantage of Soraka's long cooldown on Equinox if she uses it to harass.
Nunu & Willump vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Nunu & Willump in LoL
The stats shown here feature several influential Nunu & Willump versus Soraka counter stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Soraka’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Soraka. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Nunu & Willump typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Soraka. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nunu & Willump and Soraka
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Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Soraka?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually loses when trying to fight Soraka, with a 48.2% win rate. Therefore, Nunu & Willump makes a poor counter to Soraka.
While Nunu & Willump does have a lower winrate compared to Soraka, when they face off with one another, Nunu & Willump also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Nunu & Willump into Soraka.
Moreover, Nunu & Willump has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Soraka. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Soraka matchups, Soraka is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Nunu & Willump is a somewhat poor counter for Soraka. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nunu & Willump against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nunu & Willump to counter Soraka during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nunu & Willump most often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Soraka. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Nunu & Willump versus Soraka build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Soraka than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average win rate of 48.2% when countering Soraka with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Soraka as Nunu & Willump, you should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Nunu & Willump vs Soraka matchups, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.2% win rate overall.
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